MGT 132: Auditing
Fall 2014 Tues & Thurs 12:30 to 1:50 PM
Solis Hall, Room 111
PROFESSOR: Bruce Blakley, CPA
EMAIL: [email protected]
OFFICE HOURS: Thursday – 11:00 to before class – Outside seating area – Goody’s market/coffee
place
TEACHING ASSISTANT: Diane Chu, Rady MBA student
Email: [email protected]
NOTE – This syllabus may be revised during the quarter – class website will have revisions.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
This course emphasizes the manner in which the assurance function is performed, with an emphasis on
the auditing of financial statement information. It continues with the content and learning methods
introduced in your earlier accounting courses and with emphasis on understanding relevant professional
standards (primarily in 2 areas—attest and audit) and applying those standards. The specific learning
outcome objectives are as follows:
Professional responsibilities: Understand the professional standing of Certified Public Accountants
(CPA’s) – the organizations that provide oversight and regulation of the CPA and the practice of
independent auditing.
Overall auditor responsibilities: Understand the nature of audit risk and an auditor’s responsibility to
detect financial statements misstatements and noncompliance with laws and regulations.
The audit process: Understand the nature of the audit process, including the nature of and relationships
among financial statement assertions, audit objectives, audit procedures and audit evidence.
Audit risk: Students understand the nature of audit risk and an auditor’s responsibility to detect financial
statement misstatements and noncompliance with those laws and regulations having a material effect on
the financial statements.
Reporting requirements: Apply appropriate audit reporting standards to various reporting situations.
Ethical responsibilities: Demonstrate knowledge of professional ethical standards for accountants, and
ability to correctly apply ethical rules and regulatory guidelines.
This course involves considerable new terminology. Students should be prepared to focus attention on
learning new concepts and a framework of professional standards that guide the auditing profession.
MATERIALS
Required
 Principles of Auditing & Assurance Services, By Pany and Whittington,( McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 19th
Edition) (NOTE THIS WAS A NEW EDITION FOR FALL 2013 – 18TH AND PRIOR EDITIONS
SHOULD NOT BE PURCHASED OR USED) The custom looseleaf text used for Mgt 132 at
UCSD does not include all the chapters in the hard cover edition. A Connect access code is
included with the text.

The authors’ website, www.mhhe.com/whittington19e is a useful source for the Powerpoint slides
and additional practice with multiple choice questions.

Supplemental material will be posted on the class website – if discussed during class it is subject
to coverage during an exam.

TED(UCSD) will be used during the quarter for assignments to be listed, reference material to be
posted, and homework or quizzes to be completed.
ASSIGNMENTS
Reading and homework assignments follow the course outline (by chapter) and are individual students’
responsibility. Homework must be submitted either on paper in class or on TED by the start of class
according to the schedule below. Make sure that your name and student ID number are clearly indicated
on your work so you get credit for your work. Note homework submissions that are word for word or
closely worded from publishers’ suggested solutions or other authors’ material will receive zero
credit. In addition, papers that are identical to other classmates will be considered plagiarized
material. The objective is to demonstrate your own work. Of the seven assignments, the lowest two
scores will be dropped in arriving at the total course points for homework.
It is not considered practical or efficient to cover all the text material in class, and therefore, class time will
be spent focusing on the major concepts in each chapter. Lectures and class discussion are meant to
supplement the reading and are not intended to be a substitute for it. Success in this course will require
you to spend time outside of class reading, studying, and working through homework problems and
exercises and term projects.
TERM PROJECT:
Midway through the quarter a choice of two projects will be announced – one of the two is required. The
second project can be completed as extra credit. A maximum of two students can participate as one
team for purposes of the term projects.
GRADING
Assignments
Course Points
Homework – Seven assignments graded 0 to 4 points each – You can
drop or not submit two of the seven. 20 max homework points (5
submissions x 4 pts) = 10 maximum course points
Exam I
Exam II
Exam III
Term Project (10 additional points available for extra credit)
Total
Extra credit available – CAPE completion
10
45
45
45
10
155
3
TENTATIVE GRADE DISTRIBUTION BASED ON 155 POINTS
A 94 – 100 %
A- 90 - 93
B+ 87 – 89
B 84 – 86
B- 80 – 83
C+ 77 – 79
C
CD+
D
DF
74 – 76
70 – 73
67 – 69
64 – 66
60 – 63
0 – 59
ATTENDANCE
You are expected to attend class and contribute to class discussions. You should read the chapter prior
to class in order to be adequately prepared in the event you are called upon by the instructor.
EXAMS
The exams will be non-cumulative, and will involve principally multiple-choice and true/false type
questions. Calculators are not needed for exams. Exams will not be returned – some exam questions
may be reviewed during a subsequent class. Bring your picture ID – you may be required to present it
when you turn in your paper.
EXAM MAKE-UP POLICY
You are expected to be present to take the examinations on the scheduled dates. . If you are unable to
be present for a legitimate, unavoidable emergency, you are required to give me notification of your
reason prior to the time of the examination. The decision to give a make-up exam and arrangements for
taking the makeup exam will be made on an individual basis in those cases where your absence from the
regularly scheduled examination is for a legitimate, unavoidable and verifiable reason.
Because of the unique calendar for the fall quarter of 2014, there are only 19 class sessions, and unavoidable
that Exam # 2 occurs during the week of Thanksgiving holiday.
SCHEDULE
FALL 2014
Week
No.
Date
Day
Topic
Text Chapters
Assignments
(Due at beginning of
class on this date)
1
10/2
Th
Introduction , Overview of Auditing
1
2
10/7
T
1
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
10/9
10/14
10/16
10/21
10/23
10/28
10/30
Th
T
Th
T
Th
T
Th
6
11/4
T
6
7
8
11/6
11/13
11/18
Th
Th
T
The Role of the Public Accountant in the
American Economy
Professional Standards
Professional Standards & Prof Ethics
Professional Ethics
Audit Evidence & Documentation
Audit Evidence & Documentation
Exam # 1 (Chaps 1, 2, 3 & 5)
Planning the Audit – Linking Audit
Procedures to Risk Assessments
Planning the Audit – Linking Audit
Procedures to Risk Assessments
Possible begin Chapter 7
Internal Control
Cash and Investments
Receivables and Revenue
8
11/20
Th
Receivables and Revenue
11
9
10
11/25
12/2
T
T
Exam # 2 (Chaps 6, 7, 10, and11)
Inventories and Cost of Sales
12
10
11
11
12/4
12/9
12/11
Th
T
Th
Accounts Payable & Accrued Liabilities
Auditing Operations/Completing the Audit
Auditor’s Reports and Review
14
16
17
12/19
F
Final Exam 11:30 to 1 PM for
Chaps 12, 14,16, 17
2
2&3
3
5
5
Homework # 1
Homework # 2
Homework # 3
6
6
7
10
11
Homework # 4
Homework # 5
Homework # 6
Homework # 7
EVENTS
If you have an interest in accounting/auditing as a possible career, you are encouraged to participate in
the Undergraduate Accounting Society’s numerous programs, which bring in speakers from the
professional community.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
Integrity of scholarship is essential for an academic community. As members of the Rady School, we
pledge ourselves to uphold the highest ethical standards. The University expects that both faculty and
students will honor this principle and in so doing protect the validity of University intellectual work. For
students, this means that all academic work will be done by the individual to whom it is assigned, without
unauthorized aid of any kind.
The complete UCSD Policy on Integrity of Scholarship can be viewed at: http://wwwsenate.ucsd.edu/manual/appendices/app2.htm#AP14
How the Honor Code applies to this course:
The University trusts each student to maintain high standards of honesty and ethical behavior. All
assignments submitted in fulfillment of course requirements must be the student’s own work.
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
A student who has a disability or special need and requires an accommodation in order to have equal
access to the classroom must register with the Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD). The OSD will
determine what accommodations may be made and provide the necessary documentation to present to
the faculty member.
The student must present the OSD letter of certification and OSD accommodation recommendation to the
appropriate faculty member in order to initiate the request for accommodation in classes, examinations, or
other academic program activities. No accommodations can be implemented retroactively.
Please visit the OSD website for further information or contact the Office for Students with Disabilities at
(858) 534-4382 or [email protected].
WEB SITES FOR REFERENCE
American Accounting Association (www.aaahq.org)
American Accounting Association’s Auditing Section (www.aaahq.org/audit/index.htm)
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (www.aicpa.org)
BDO International (www.bdo.com)
California State Board of Accountancy (www.dca.ca.gov/cba)
Deloitte (www.deloitte.com)
Ernst & Young (www.ey.com)
Financial Accounting Standards Board (www.fasb.org)
Grant Thornton (www.grantthornton.com)
International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (www.ifac.org/IAASB)
International Federation of Accountants (www.ifac.org)
Institute of Internal Auditors (www.theiia.org)
KPMG (www.kpmg.com)
Panel on Audit Effectiveness (www.pobauditpanel.org)
PCAOB (www.pcaob.org)
PricewaterhouseCoopers (www.pwc.com)
Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov)